Window-shade bracket.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903.

v J A. sooTzr. WINDOW SHADE BRACKET.

APPLIOATliON FILED NOV. 14, 1902.

I0 MODEL.

NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN A. SCOTT, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

WINDOW-SHADE BRACKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,387, dated March 10, 1903. Application filed November 14,1902. Serial No. 131,325. (No model.)

To to whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Brackets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to window shade brackets, and more especially to that class provided with prongs adapted to be driven into the joint bet-ween the jamb and windowcasing; and my object is to produce a device of this character which can be easily and quickly secured in position and when in position bears squarely against the inner and side faces of the casing, so as to insure rigidity in the support of the shade.

A further object is to produce a device of this character in which the inwardly-projecting or shade-carrying arms are braced against lateral and vertical movement and which possesses the desirable features of simplicity and cheapness and is of an ornamental appearance.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combinations of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents in perspective the upper portion of awindow-casing as equipped with shade-brackets embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken just above said brackets. Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section showing one of the brackets of slightly-modified form to accommodate a window-casing having beveled inner edges. Figs. 4. and 5 are detail perspective views of a set of the shade-brackets. ner side view of one of the shade-brackets as equipped with a curtain-pole support. Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail perspective view of the same.

Referring to the drawings in detail, each bracket of a set consists of a body portion of right-angle form in plan view, one arm of said body portion being numbered 1 and the other 2, the arm 1 being adapted to bear against the inner face of the window-casing and the arm 2 against the side of the casing.

Fig. 6 is an in- At the free end of arm 2 it is formed with one or more prongs or spurs 3, projecting outwardlylike arm 1 and parallel with the latter, and the upper end of said arm, 1 is provided with a flange 4 to act as a brace between the upper end of arm 2 and the vertical arm 5, projecting from arm 1 parallel with but in the opposite direction from arm 2-that is to say, inwardly of the room. Arm 5 terminates in a circular enlargement or head 6, which in conjunction with the segmental flange 7forms a guard socket, said flange and the arm being braced against vertical movement by the flange 8, which is a continuation of flange 7 and bears at its lower end against arm 1, as shown clearly in the drawings. Said flange also in conjunction with flange 4 forms a brace against lateral movement of arm 5 and incidentally acts as a stiffening-rib for the latter.

One of the brackets centrally of the circular enlargement 6 is provided with a hole 9 to receive one end of the shade-roller A, and the other is provided with a radial slot 10 to accommodate the squared end of the rollerspindle in the customary manner, the roller when in place occupying the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Secured externally to said brackets concentrically of their circular heads are conical caps 11, which lend a finished effeet to the brackets, that one attached to the slotted bracket being provided with a slot 12, registering with slot 10, so as to accommodate the angular spindle of-the shade-roller, it being obvious that itis advisable to allow for a slight longitudinal play of said roller without danger of its falling from the brackets. Each conical cap is provided with a cylindrical base portion 13 and with a pair of outwardly-projecting pins 14 (one only of which appears) for engagement by the bayonet-slots 15 (one only of which appears) in the sleeves 16 of the curtain-pole support, the latter also embodying an arm 17, projecting inwardly and upwardly of the room and terminating in an upwardly-disposed fork 18, wherein the curtain-pole (not shown) is adapted to rest, the weight of said'pole, the curtains thereon, and the brackets tending to hold the pins reliably in engagement with the closed ends of slots 15, and therefore reliably upon the brackets. At the same time this bayonetjoint connection enables the curtain-pole sup ports to be easily and quickly removed when the curtains are taken down.

It will be observed by reference to Figs. 1 and 2 that the arms 1 and 2, forming the bodies of the brackets, have a square or fiat bearin g for their full width and length against the inner and side portions of the casing, so as to leave but slight chance for any twisting movement. Furthermore, by fitting thus squarely against the casing the said portions are caused to cooperate with the prongs and spurs in supporting the brackets and parts carried thereby in position. At' the same time the arm 2 by bearing flatly against the sides of the casing tends to eliminate twisting strain from the prongs or spurs;

In Fig. 3 the body portion is modified to adapt it for reliable engagement with a casing, against which arms 1 and 2 have less purchase than is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. In said figure the casing has its inner corner removed, and to accommodate the same and still obtain a bearing against it in addition to that against the narrow inner and side portions the corner of the bracket is replaced by an oblique portion 1, which connects portions 1 and 2 and bears against the removed corner of the easing, as shown clearly in Fig. 3.

In each case the prongs or spurs 3 may be easily and quickly driven into the joint between the jamb and easing without marring the finish of the same. In fact, after removal the openings made by the prongs are so small that they are hardly perceptible, 'and for this reason the brackets are more desirable than those which have to be fastened by tacks or' screws, the holes made by the latter defacing the casing in a marked degree.

From the above description it will be apparent that I have produced a window-shade bracket which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable in the statement of invention and which may obviously be modified in some particulars without'dew posite vertical margin, a vertical spur or prong parallel with and projecting in the same direction from said arm 2, as arm 1.

2. A window-shade bracket, comprising a body portion, consisting of vertical arms to bear against the inner face and sides of the window-casing, spurs or prongs projecting from the free or outer vertical margin of one of said arms, and a bearing-arm projecting from the free margin of the other of said arms; said bearing-arm terminating in a circular head provided with a segmental flange having a continuation braced against the last-named arm.

3. A window-shade bracket, comprising a body portion, consisting of vertical arms to bear against the inner face and sides of the window-casing, spurs or prongs projecting from the free or outer vertical margin of one of said arms, a bearing-arm projecting from the free margin of the other of said arms, and a flange projecting from the upper end of the last-named arm and having its ends against the bearing-arm and the spur-carrying arm.

4. A window-shade bracket, comprising a body portion, consisting of vertical arms to bear against the inner face and sides of the window-casing, spurs or prongs projecting from the free or outer vertical margin of one of said arms, a bearing-arm projecting from the free margin of the other of said arms, a flange projecting from the upper end of the last-named arm and having its ends against the bearing-arm and the spurrcarrying arm, and an oblique flange projecting from the bearing-arm and hearing at its lower end against the arm from which the last-named flange projects.

5. The combination with a window-shade bracket, provided with a cylindrical shoulder, of a curtain-pole support engaging and having a pin-and-slot connection with said shoulder, and extending upwardly and inwardly therefrom.

6. The combination with a window-shade bracket, provided with a cylindrical shoulder, of a curtain-pole support embodying a sleeve fitting rotatably on said shoulder and detachably connected thereto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I

JOHN A. SCOTT.

Witnesses:

H. C. RODGERS, G. Y. THORPE. 

